2 Mart 2011 Çarşamba

Does Working Out Cause Headaches?

Everybody knows that exercising frequently is one of the things you must do if you want to lose weight. No matter what anyone tells you, you cannot easily lose weight by sitting around and watching television. What not a large amount of people know, however, is that occasionally working out can literally be a pain. You are probably currently familiar with the fact that exercise might cause pain in your joints, your muscles and your back but did you know that it can also cause headaches? Unfortunately a lot of individuals suffer from exercise induced headaches but, thankfully, there is plenty you can to do treat and prevent them. Here is the way to do that.

Drink lots of water--you possibly already realize that this is important to do regularly but it starts to get even more important when you exercise. Headaches tend to be a result of being dehydrated and dehydration really can occur after a workout, especially if you work up a good sweat (sweat drains the body's water). Drinking a healthy volume of water just before, during and after your workout will do a lot to help you keep the headache from setting in after you work out. This might enable you to get rid of the headaches that turn up after the workout has been finished for a while too.

Proper warm ups and cool downs are extremely necessary. Just starting a workout can shock your system-blood will start rushing to the places you are working which takes it away from your brain and that can lead to the onset of a headache. When you complete a comprehensive warm up, your body will be able to steadily increase the blood flow to the areas that need it and then redistribute it back during your cool down which gives the brain time to adapt to the flow changes.

Breathe adequately during all your heavy exercising and weight lifting. Our brains have to have oxygen to survive and operate properly. Most of us intuitively hold our breath whenever we are performing something difficult but that just minimizes the oxygen that is available for your brain. By exercising good breathing you keep the brain provided with a good amount of oxygen and will ward off headaches.

If you find that you are experiencing headaches regularly and nothing that you are trying is reducing them or helping you keep them away, it is time to talk to your doctor. Your physician might be able to determine something that you are doing wrong when you are training or something that may be amiss in your diet. It is possible that you might require medication to keep the headaches at bay. Your doctor should be able to help you find a way to keep on working out and losing weight without having to deal with the headaches.

Nobody loves having headaches; in fact, we do pretty much everything we can think of to hold them at bay. The nice thing is that you don't have to simply suffer through them. With the correct prep and know-how you can prevent exercise induced headaches altogether.